Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix 2019 The FIDE Hamburg Grand Prix is taking place in the Kehrwieder Theater in Hamburg, Germany. November 5-17 2019. The 16-player knockout is the 3rd of four legs of the 22-player Grand Prix series that will determine two places in the 2020 Candidates Tournament. Each round… Continue reading
For the Championship Showdown it was Game in 5 minutes (12 games). For Carlsen vs Ding it was Game in 20 minutes (6 games). Dominguez/So So So Draw So So Draw So Dominguez So Draw So Dominguez Caruana/Grischuk Caruana Draw Caruana Grischuk Draw Caruana Draw… Continue reading
[Photo: Austin Fuller] Game In 10 Minutes For The Showdown Carlsen vs Ding – Game In… Continue reading
by National Life Master Loal Davis Remember The Speed Involved Today – Day 2. The results were all over the place – unfortunately so was the quality of play. Dominguez/So Draw Dominguez Dominguez So Dominguez Draw Caruana/Grischuk Draw Draw Caruana Draw Grischuk Grischuk Nakamura/Topalov Nakamura Draw… Continue reading
All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto. FINALLY ! Topalov wins a game (the only win) in the last round. “GCT London Chess Classic 2016”[Round “9”]White “Aronian, Levon (ARM)”Black “Topalov, Veselin (BUL)” 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6.… Continue reading
Hikaru Nakamura Not a good tournament so far for Fabiano Caruana. He tried Lasker’s Defense in the Queen’s Gambit against Hikaru, played what appeared to be a dubious gambit of the ‘b’ Pawn, and then suffered trying to make something out – well – not much. There was… Continue reading
Veselin Topalov who made such a big splash in Round 1 by taking out Fabiano Caruana, made a big splat in Round 3 by losing to Hikaru Nakamura – in 14 moves. As he “so horribly” misplayed this opening (rather well known), makes me rethink whether yesterday’s… Continue reading
The Champions Showdown is now being played ( 10-14 November, 2016 ) in St. Louis between Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov. They are competing in three different formats. Two classical round-robins (60 min. + 5 sec. delay) Two rapid round-robins (15 min. + 5 sec. for each… Continue reading
Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto Veselin Topalov vs Liren Ding FIGHT ! FIGHT ! FIGHT ! FIGHT ! FIGHT Wow ! I thought this was a draw for sure, but Topalov did NOT want a draw. It took 66 moves, but he eventually ground Ding’s resistance – and… Continue reading
Veselin Topalov All games drawn this round with some good fighting chess. One game of note was Nakamura vs Topalov. Topalov was playing the Black pieces (below) and had a choice in how to recapture the Pawn on ‘d5’ (upper left). He selected to do it with… Continue reading
